Psychotherapy

If you are considering therapy, you may be doing so for a variety of reasons. I can support you with specific issues such as depression, anxiety or loss, or a more general sense of 'stuckness' or not knowing.

I also work with clients with chronic pain, which is the subject of my research. I am interested in the link between our mental and physical health, for example the connection between migraines, back pain, ME or IBS and stress, depression and anxiety.

Hi, I'm Dani. Welcome to my profile and thank you for taking the time to read it.
Before I tell you about myself, here are some things clients have fed back to me how they have felt working with me.
"Dani is such an excellent and attentive listener and provides great guidance. Also very kind and empathetic. Highly recommend. She’s definitely helped me.
"Dani is a very warm professional, she listens and pinpoints quite accurately the issues that transpire from her client's talk. I hope to be able to continue working with her and would recommend her to anyone struggling at this moment in life: it's nice to feel seen and heard."

My aim is to offer a therapeutic safe space to explore those ruminating thoughts and beliefs that hold you back, are effecting your relationships, your sleep and your general day to day way of life.

I offer introductory calls to enable you to get a feel for who I am and my way of working

Are you feeling that you’re not living life to the full?
Does your head feel full of worries and constant thoughts that lead to you to not feeling good enough?
Do find you lack confidence in yourself and feel worthless?
Are you fed up with trying to please other people rather than yourself?
Are you feeling that you’ll never find a successful relationship.
Do you find yourself in repeating patterns of behaviour that stop you moving forward and having the life you want.?
Things you just can’t seem to change on your own? Does this leave you feel isolated and alone?
All these struggles can result in a life where anxiety and depression can take over and day to day life can feel too hard. Often resulting in coping mechanisms that just make things harder, or you might find you’re struggling to manage each day.
If you identify with any of these situations, then therapy can be something that can really help.
This is where I can help, in therapy I can work with you to find ways to overcome the issues that prevent you from living a life, the life you want and deserve. Talking therapy allows you to work through things at a comfortable pace and learn new skills to manage and overcome problems.
Clients tell me that having therapy has helped them to make so many positive changes in their lives, from improving their relationships with themselves and others, overcoming destructive behaviours, such as using drugs and alcohol to numb painful feelings and discovering a newfound confidence to really live life the way they want.
About Me
So far in my journey as a therapist I have amassed over 6 thousand hours of working with clients both at the Mental health charity Mind, a private drug and alcohol rehab and my own busy private practice, this means I have a wealth of experience and knowledge in working with both individuals and couples, helping them to overcome many different issues and discovering a new path forward. My own life experiences from being a military child who went to boarding school, a mother, experiencing difficult relationships, having many different jobs until I found my passion of being a therapist, supporting a family member with addiction and mental health struggles, also allows me to bring my own life experiences and knowledge.
Couples
Are you looking for help with your relationship? Are you finding that you’re not feeling heard or understood by your partner?
I work with couples and people who are looking for help with their relationships. Helping people to communicate their needs and desires in an effective way to enable them to have the relationship that they truly want.
When we fail to communicate effectively in our relationships it results in ruptures, conflict, and unhappiness.
Relationships can be affected by so many factors, infidelities, addiction, bereavement, children, work stresses and many more daily events that cause friction between two people.
Bringing these issues to therapy allows couples to navigate their problems and learn new ways to resolve the conflict, reignite intimacy and become close again.

I'm a therapist with 15 years experience, offering private appointments for therapy and supervision online or based in Kingswood, in a quiet location with allocated private parking and toilet facilities. Click my profile to learn more ...

My name is Tony Matthews, and I am the lead therapist/supervisor and Director of Toad Counselling Ltd.

At Toad Counselling we have two fully qualified therapists who work with children and young people, adults, couples/relationships and family issues. We also have a small team of students who can deal with many different issues around mental health, anxiety, depression, family problems, bereavements, bullying or even career/life changes, and much more.

We also offer Clinical Supervision

For a long time I believed in keeping emotions and feelings to myself because that's what I was taught to do, and if you cried, you were not considered a man. I have learned to let go and share the way I feel, and yes, I cry too, and without feeling ashamed.